Thread: Stephen in Russian

Is Stephen at all a Russian name? I know its Greek in origin, but are there Russians with this name? Is it popular? And how would you pronounce it po-russki?

Probably Степан. That guy up there in the "US Immigration" forum ad has a last name derived from this - Stepanov.

My name is Stephane, french writing for Stephen, and in Russian it is Stepan. My second name is Frederic, what is the Russian for it??

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Originally Posted by The Hatred

My name is Stephane, french writing for Stephen, and in Russian it is Stepan. My second name is Frederic, what is the Russian for it??

I am not sure that Степан is equal to Stephen. If you need to write your name in Russian, you better write it Стефен. Historicly Степан could come from Stephen, but now nobody would do the correlation.

For Frederic I do not know anything in Russian. So use Фредерик for that.

"My second name is Luck. Mind you, my first one is Bad". (c) T. Pratchett.

Does not Yaroslav equate to Stephan?

I think it doesn't.

Originally Posted by Bandera

Is Stephen at all a Russian name? I know its Greek in origin, but are there Russians with this name? Is it popular? And how would you pronounce it po-russki?

Да, есть такое русское имя Степан, сокращённо Стёпа. В руской истории был известный разбойник и бунтарь Степан Разин. В настояще время существует сорт пива с таким названием.

Does not Yaroslav equate to Stephan?

Ярослав означает "Яркий в Славе" или, возможно "Славящийся Яростью".

Originally Posted by vy

Ярослав означает "Яркий в Славе" или, возможно "Славящийся Яростью".

Я думаю, это какие-то современные объяснялки.

Ярило - солнце.

Originally Posted by N

Ярило - солнце.

С учётом этого наверное можно перевести это имя как Солнцеслав?

С древнерусского.

In the interest of bumping up this really old thread, I should like to note that my name is "Steven" the Americanized form of Stephen, and all my Russian friends, teachers, etc. call me Степан or one of it's accepted short forms.

Yes

Stephen is pronounced the same as Steven.
Both would be Стивен transliterated into Russian.

Stefan is Стефан.

Originally Posted by The Hatred

My name is Stephane, french writing for Stephen, and in Russian it is Stepan. My second name is Frederic, what is the Russian for it??

I think the closest equivalent whould be Фёдор (Fjodor).

Originally Posted by Taarup

Originally Posted by The Hatred

My name is Stephane, french writing for Stephen, and in Russian it is Stepan. My second name is Frederic, what is the Russian for it??

I think the closest equivalent whould be Фёдор (Fjodor).

Федр - Theodore